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I'll tell it to the hot; I'll tell it to the cold; I'll tell it to the young; I'll tell it to the old. I don't want no laughin', I don't want no cryin', and most of all, no signifyin'. -- Petey Greene
 Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle portrays the one and only Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. in Talk to Me. Petey s story is funny, dramatic, inspiring and real.
In the mid-to-late 1960s, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Petey to fully express himself sometimes to outrageous effect and "tell it like it is." With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell Watson (Taraji P. Henson), the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with fellow prison inmate Milo s (Mike Epps) brother Dewey Hughes (double Golden Globe Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor).
From the first wild morning on the air, Petey relies on the more straight-laced Dewey to run interference at WOL-AM, where Dewey is the program director. At the station, Petey becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk (Cedric The Entertainer) and Sunny Jim (Vondie Curtis Hall). Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling (Emmy Award winner Martin Sheen).
Petey was determined to make not just himself but his community heard during an exciting and turbulent period in American history. As Petey s voice, humor, and spirit surge across the airwaves with the vitality of the era, listeners tune in to hear not only incredible music but also a man speaking directly to them about race and power in America like few people ever have. Through the years, Petey's "the truth just is" style on- and off-air would redefine both Petey and Dewey, and empower each to become the man he would most like to be.
A Focus Features and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment presentation of a Mark Gordon Company/Pelagius Films production. A Kasi Lemmons Film. Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor. Talk to Me. Cedric The Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Mike Epps, Vondie Curtis Hall, and Martin Sheen. Music by Terence Blanchard. Costume Designer, Gersha Phillips. Edited by Terilyn A. Shropshire, A.C.E. Production Designer, Warren Alan Young. Director of Photography, Stéphane Fontaine, A.F.C. Executive Producers, William Horberg, J. Miles Dale, Joey Rappa, Bruce Toll, Don Cheadle. Produced by Mark Gordon, Sidney Kimmel, Joe Fries, Josh McLaughlin. Story by Michael Genet. Screenplay by Michael Genet and Rick Famuyiwa. Directed by Kasi Lemmons. A Focus Features Release.
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Ralph Waldo Petey Greene Jr. (1931-1984) was a vital force for two decades in the black community of Washington, D.C. known as Chocolate City or the other Washington. Petey spoke out about social injustices and spoke up for racial pride during a period of unprecedented change in America.
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